A MONTHLY MAGAZINE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLICATION is to so present the results of the various in quiries which have beer, and which may hereafter be made for the preservation of health and the expectations of human life, as to make them most advantageous to the public and to the medical profession. The resources of sanitary science are inexhaustible. It will be a chief object of the SANITARIAN to awaken public attention to the extent of the field, and to the facts indi cating how beneficently it may be cultivated. This will be done by showing the amount of ill-nealth and mortality from preventable causes of disease; by pointing out the na ture of those causes and the way in which they operate; by showing that such causes are removable, and by exhibiting improved I ealth, longevity and happiness as the fruits of their removal. The laws of physiology and general pathology will be kept in view, as the basis of health; by the observance of which, hygiene constitutes a department of science which the medical profession can advantageously share with the public, or apply to individuals according to circumstances. The detail of these relations will involve questions of manifold significance, and many of them of the utmost importance to human health. "The practical questions of State Medicine: the health of armies and navies, marine hygiene, quarantine, civic cleanliness, water supply, drainage and sewerage. Sanitary architecture: light, space, warming and ventilation. Climate and domicile: endemic, epidemic and hereditary diseases. (ccupation, exercise and habits; food and beverages, in all varieties of quality and quality. In short, whatever thing, condition or circumstance is in rapport with, or antagonistic to, the perfective culture of mind and body will be considered legitimate matter for the SANITARIAN to discuss, advocate, condemn or reject at the bar of health. Advertisements will fall under the same category, none will be admitted of questionable character in this regard. In fulfilment of its mission, the SANITARIAN asks kindly consideration and assistance from all who would aid in the protection of the most precious of gifts divinehuman life."-1873. As the SANITARIAN has been hitherto, will continue to be in the future. Devoted to the promotion of the art and and science of sanitation, mentally and physically, in all their clations by the investigation, presentation and discussion of all subjects in this large domain, as related to personal and household hygiene, soil and climate, food and drink, habit and exercise, occupations, vital statistics, sanitary organizations and laws, everything promotive of or in conflict with health, with the purpose of rendering sani tation a popular theme of study and universally practical. "The Editor, Dr. A. N. Bell, is well known to the mercantile community for his co-operation with the mer chants in quarantine reform, and to his profession as a leader in sanitary science."-N. Y. Journal of Commerce "It is the best sanitary publication in America."-Mississippi Valley Medical Monthly. The SANITARIAN will continue in its present form, 96 pages text, monthly; two voi ames yearly. The volumes begin January and July. Subscriptions at any time. TERMS: $4.00 a year, in advance; 35 cents a number; sample copies, 20 cents-ten two-cent postage stamps All correspondence and exchanges with the SANITARIAN, and all publica tions for review should be addressed to the Editor, DR. A. N. BELL, 337 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. |